TRS set for big win in Telangana municipal polls

The ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) in Telangana on Saturday (January 25) was set to score an emphatic win in the Urban Local Body (ULB) polls held three days ago to 120 municipalities and nine corporations in the state, according to trends available around noon.

Counting of votes in the municipal polls began on Saturday morning and the full results are expected to be available by evening.

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TRS candidates were leading in majority of wards in ULBs across the state, leaving the opposition Congress, BJP and others way behind, as per trends available around noon.

According to official information, results were declared for 529 of the total 3,535 wards in the ULBs till afternoon.

The TRS bagged 337 of them, followed by the Congress-94, BJP-35, AIMIM-20, Independents-34 and other parties.